Toy game



Jan. 28, 1964 P. A. PETERSON 3,119,620

TOY GAME Filed Jan. 26, 1962 FIG.3

INVENTOR. Peter A. Pete r son ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 3,119,620 TOY GAME Peter A. Peterson, Jackson Heights, N.Y., assignor to Herman Peterson, Palm Beach, Fla. Filed Jan. 26, 1962, Ser. No. 168,885 2 Claims. (Cl. 273-122 This invention is a toy-game of novel construction, which may be played by grown-ups as well as children, as an adroitness or mental skill is definitely required to play the game successfully. Except for the bottom, this invention is substantially made of plastic.

In the drawing forming part of this application, similar numbers indicate corresponding parts in said drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view.

FIGURE 2 is a view taken on the line 22 in FIG- URE 1, while FIGURE 3 is a view taken on the line 33 in said FIGURE 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral indicates a housing, which comprises a preferably hollow bottom 11, slanting towards its center as at 12 and provided with a number of round holes 13 across its upper surface.

The housing is provided with an overall top cover 14 of plastic secured to the bottom 11 in any convenient manner; side walls 15, formed with holes 16, 16 therein, are secured one to each side of said top cover 14 and bottom 11.

Within the top cover 14 is a member 17 curved at its top as at 18 and extending over the whole surface of the bottom 11; said member 17 is at the top provided with a number of holes 19, equal in number and size to the holes 13 in the bottom, and in congruent position with the latter.

The top cover 14 is at each of its ends and close to the bottom 11 also provided with a number of holes 20 equal in number and shape to those hereinbefore mentioned; balls 22 being inserted through the holes 16 and subject to be actuated by springy keys 21 secured upon the outside of each end of the bottom 11, each of said end holes having a springy key extending across and substantially blocking said hole.

Said bottom is at its center and below its surface formed with a tunnel 23 open at both ends and slanting Eatented Jan. 28, 1964 ice downwardly from its center as at 24 toward said ends; the holes 13 in the surface of the bottom communicate with said tunnel.

The game may be played by two people, one at each end of the housing.

Thus a ball 22 is inserted through one of the holes 16 in the side walls 15 and will take its position in front of one of the holes 20.

By snapping or applying one correspondingly positioned springy key 21, said ball will be thrown up over the member 18 and if falling through one of the holes 19 in said member will drop down on top of the bottom 11, and due to the slanting surface of the latter be guided toward one of the holes 13 and subsequently fall down in the tunnel from which it exits, due to the aforesaid construction of the latter.

The player who thus sends the most balls through this labyrinth of holes is the winner of the game.

I claim:

1. A housing comprising a base slanting downwardly toward its center, and having a plurality of round openings in its top surface, an overall cover secured to said base, said cover being made with a plurality of openings in each end near the base and a couple of openings in each side thereof, a curved member extending over said base and being formed with openings in its top adapted to receive balls therethrough, said end openings forming separate divisions adapted to receive a ball; the base being made with a centrally arranged tunnel having communication with said openings in the top surface of the base, said tunnel having a bottom slanting downwardly from its center to facilitate the exit of said balls entering the tunnel through said openings in the top of the base, springy keys secured to the outside of the base at each end across each of said end openings and adapted to strike a ball through the openings in the ends of said overall cover.

2. A device as in claim 1, in which all openings are of equal size and numbers, and wherein the balls positioned in the openings at the ends of the overall cover are supported in position by said keys.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Beethoven May 8, 1956 

1. A HOUSING COMPRISING A BASE SLANTING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD ITS CENTER, AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROUND OPENINGS IN ITS TOP SURFACE, AN OVERALL COVER SECURED TO SAID BASE, SAID COVER BEING MADE WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS IN EACH END NEAR THE BASE AND A COUPLE OF OPENINGS IN EACH SIDE THEREOF, A CURVED MEMBER EXTENDING OVER SAID BASE AND BEING FORMED WITH OPENINGS IN ITS TOP ADAPTED TO RECEIVE BALLS THERETHROUGH, SAID END OPENINGS FORMING SEPARATE DIVISIONS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A BALL; THE BASE BEING MADE WITH A CENTRALLY ARRANGED TUNNEL HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OPENINGS IN THE TOP SURFACE OF THE BASE, SAID TUNNEL HAVING A BOTTOM SLANTING DOWNWARDLY FROM ITS CENTER TO FACILITATE THE EXIT OF SAID BALLS ENTERING THE TUNNEL THROUGH SAID OPENINGS IN THE TOP OF THE BASE, SPRINGY KEYS SECURED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BASE AT EACH END ACROSS EACH OF SAID END OPENINGS AND ADAPTED TO STRIKE A BALL THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE ENDS OF SAID OVERALL COVER. 